GRE Word List

AMALGAM

a mixture of different elements

The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.

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WordMeaning
comprehendto grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
capriciousgoverned or characterized by caprice : impulsive
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
spurnto reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy